Attach excel xlsx file to email using cl_bcs and send to MS Outlook recipient

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Hello,

I've read a lot of previous posts regarding this issue, but none of them could help me out. I'm trying to send an email with an excel .xlsx (4-digit file extension) to an outlook email recipient.

Here is a part of my code:

DATA: document TYPE REF TO cl_document_bcs.

CONCATENATE '&SO_FILENAME=test.xlsx' INTO ls_att_header-line.

APPEND ls_att_header TO attachment_header.

****Add attchment******

CALL METHOD document->add_attachment
EXPORTING
i_attachment_type = '' "( I've also tried XLS, BIN and EXT without success )

i_attachment_subject = 'test.xlsx'

i_attachment_size = attachment_size
i_att_content_hex = solix_tab

i_attachment_header = attachment_header.

So when I open the email in SAP using transaction SOST, the attachment get's displayed correctly - but Outlook receives the file as "test.xlsx.EXT". I also found a lot of SAP Notes regarding this but they could not solve my problem. Note 1433744 https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1433744 describes my problem very good, but it is only related to SAP CRM. We are on ECC 6.0 SAPKB70024.

Thanks for your help....

Regards